We're looking forward to celebrating the publication of Mr Outside by Caleb Klaces with a trio of brilliant writers! Caleb will be joined in the bookshop on Thurs 30th Oct by Martin MacInnes and Oli Hazzard. Tickets via link in bio. @prototypepubs.bsky.social

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Excited to welcome JEN CALLEJA back to Voce with an invitation for the book fair, art fair, (possibly fun fair?) where her new @prototypepubs.bsky.social book FAIR: THE LIFE-ART OF TRANSLATION takes place. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

On 15 Oct, Sulaiman Addonia will be at Bàrd Books with journalist/writer Gary Younge, sharing their perspectives on London, writing, Sudan, the experiences of refugees, & more. It's going to be a brilliant evening. Tickets £5, redeemable against a book: www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...

We’re excited to be co-hosting a special event at The Broadway Bookshop as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, with Chloe Aridjis, whose story and essay collection, Dialogue with a Somnambulist, we published in 2021. Thurs 9 Oct, 7–9pm RSVP: [email protected]

We are thrilled to share the news that Hasib Hourani's rock flight has made the shortlist for the Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! Congratulations to all of the shortlisted poets and publishers. The winner will be announced on #NationalPoetryDay.

A couple of @prototypepubs.bsky.social reads to get through this week!

Hey, @neglectedbooks.com, @amayna60.bsky.social and other people of good taste, we have a new Madame Nielsen in English next year from @prototypepubs.bsky.social www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

Autumn book tour dates for FAIR! See you there! @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social

We’re delighted to announce the second leg of UK events to mark the recent publication of @jencalleja.bsky.social’s translator memoir Fair. 10 Sept: Brick Lane Bookshop 2 Oct: Voce Books 8 Oct: Collected Books 16 Oct: Veranda Books Details/tickets here: prototypepublishing.co.uk/2025/09/03/j...

'skittish, innovative and unapologetically wacky', with 'a message that all readers should understand and the publishing industry should promote'. Thank you Esther Lafferty for this excellent review of @jencalleja.bsky.social's 'Fair' in The Times of Malta: x2.timesofmalta.com/20250810/sun...

Really delighted to share the news that Hasib Hourani's rock flight has been longlisted for the Michael Murphy Poetry Prize. Congratulations to all of the longlisted poets and publishers! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp...

44. Mountainish By Zsuzsanna Gahse translated Katy Derbyshire @prototypepubs.bsky.social 515 short notes, all informed by observations made somewhere in the Alps or while thinking Mountainish thoughts. Hard to describe, easy to enjoy. #WITmonth #WomenInTranslation #ReadTheWorld 🇭🇺🇨🇭

If your shelves lean toward the beautifully strange, don’t sleep on… 🎀 Girlbeast ⛰️ Mountainish 🌿 The Earth is Falling @prototypepubs.bsky.social publish bold, inventive and quietly unforgettable stories that linger long after the covers close ❤️‍🔥

✨ FAIR is Book of the Day in The Guardian ✨ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... @prototypepubs.bsky.social @theguardian.com

I’m starting my #WITmonth adventure up in the Alps this year with Mountainish by Zsuzsanna Gahse, translated by Katy Derbyshire, published by @prototypepubs.bsky.social #WomenInTranslation #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThurs

Been a good two days for post! TBR pile now quite large thanks to @taniahershman.bsky.social @thebraag.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @jamiewoods77.bsky.social Bring on the rainy weekend

Girlbeast by Cecilie Lind, translated by Hazel Evans, publishes today. Highly acclaimed in Denmark, Girlbeast is a fearless, unsettling, poetic novel in which power shifts unpredictably, and desire and coercion become indistinguishable. prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/girl... (1/3)

We are so looking forward to Stems next weekend, a new book fair curated & hosted by our author Helen Marten at her studio in Haggerston (55 Laburnum Street, London E2 8BD). The fair is free & open to all, and so many of our favourite publishers will be there.

Just finished reading 'Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other' by Danielle Dutton from @prototypepubs.bsky.social - what an amazing, exciting, inventive book. Thrilling ideas on ekphrasis. 100% recommend :-)

Diary of an Ending, the 1st prose work by renowned photographer Lina Scheynius, publishes today. prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/diar... Blurring the boundaries between diary & essay, it explores the break-up of a relationship, combining extracts from Scheynius’s diary (tr. Saskia Vogel)...

Very kind things people have said so far about FAIR: THE LIFE-ART OF TRANSLATION @prototypepubs.bsky.social

Coming soon: Mr Outside by Caleb Klaces (Oct 2025) We are extremely excited to announce that we will soon be publishing the 2nd novel by Caleb Klaces, following his acclaimed debut Fatherhood, the 1st novel Prototype ever published. Proof copies are here; email admin[at]prototypepublishing.co.uk.

You have about 8.5hrs left to get your entries in for this year's @wasafirimag.bsky.social New Writing Prize. Get on it! www.wasafiri.org/writing-priz...

Stream for FREE tonight my Fane Productions talk with the fantastic author Kate Zambreno to hear more about their two haunting texts, Book of Mutter & Appendix Project, published by the inimitable @prototypepubs.bsky.social Watch tonight or stream until 9th July: www.fane.co.uk/kate-zambreno

New from @prototypepubs.bsky.social 'Girlbeast' by Cecilie Lind, tr. by Hazel Evans Highly acclaimed in 🇩🇰, this is a fearless and poetic reimagining of the Lolita narrative, where power shifts unpredictably, and desire and coercion become indistinguishable. 📖 www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...

www.middleeasteye.net/discover/sul... Interview with the inspiring novelist Sulaiman Addonia at the London Library

'There is this prevailing idea of what a novel is about and how you have to perform within this frame...to attain success. I’ve lived in oppressive states & the last thing I want to do is curtail my imagination.' A wonderful interview with Sulaiman Addonia: www.middleeasteye.net/discover/sul...

The Uncorrected Independent Publishers Fair at the Peckham Pelican today! 11-6 Books and cold drinks; what more could you need?

The Uncorrected Independent Publishers' Fair returns this Saturday to the Peckham Pelican, with a wonderful group of indie publishers & great line-up of readers. Come & hang out, have a cold drink, browse the stalls, chat to the publishers, & catch the readings at 2pm. thetangerinepress.com/TUIPF/

This book is such a treasure!

It's 1 year this month since we published Sulaiman Addonia's The Seers. The audiobook, co-published with @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social, can be downloaded for free til Sunday! Free downloads are limited, so be quick! Enter code PROTOTYPE-100 on checkout www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/audiobooks/t...

Tonight in Glasgow! at Mount Florida Books! FREE! mountfloridabooks.com/products/jen... @prototypepubs.bsky.social

Happy Bloomsday & happy 2-year anniversary to @helenpalmer.pharmsky.app's Pleasure Beach! Set on 16 June 1999, the novel follows the interconnecting journeys & thoughts of 3 young women over the course of 24 hrs/18 chptrs structured the same way as Ulysses. prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/plea...

Celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek by joining us at the bookshop this Tuesday (17th of June) to hear @jencalleja.bsky.social in conversation with fellow writer Camilla Grudova. We can't wait! 📚 Sign up here: goldenharebooks.com/products/fai... @prototypepubs.bsky.social

I haven't read a poetry debut this good in years. This is Silk Work by Imogen Cassel published by @prototypepubs.bsky.social

Special event on Monday (16 June) with prototype author Caleb Klaces discussing dementia and storytelling in relation to his brilliant forthcoming novel Mr Outside. Full details and tickets at psychoanalysis.org.uk/civicrm/even...

Excited to have the honour of talking to author Kate Zambreno about her two stupendous early works, Book of Mutter & Appendix Project for Fane. Both texts are beautifully republished by the fantastic @prototypepubs.bsky.social for the UK. Book for Free: www.fane.co.uk/kate-zambreno #art #books

Thank you to everyone who joined us in the Poetry Cafe last night to celebrate new work by Theophilus Kwek and Imogen Cassels! We had a lovely time hearing readings from Commonwealth @carcanet.bsky.social & Silk Work @prototypepubs.bsky.social followed by a great discussion chaired by Helen Bowell.

'a compelling debut from a poet whose silk is spun not just from intellect, but from instinct, feeling, and very finely wrought form.' A lovely review of Imogen Cassels' Silk Work by @mabjones.bsky.social in her latest poetry column for Buzz Mag. www.buzzmag.co.uk/new-poetry-j...

We are excited to be taking part in a new book fair curated/hosted by our friend & author Helen Marten at her studio in Hackney. STEMS is taking place on Sat 19 & Sun 20 July, 11–6pm, with readings on Sunday eve from Ghayath Almadhoun, Brodie Crellin, Imogen Cassels, Will Harris and K Patrick. 🔥

We had such an amazing time listening to @jencalleja.bsky.social last week, it was unquestionably one of the highlights of Translated By, Bristol and you should all read this - whether or not you've ever thought about the process of translation.

FAIR: The Life-Art of Translation is out TODAY from @prototypepubs.bsky.social 🍄 Sea-blue & pier black prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/fair/ Fairground primary colours (only from indie bookshops & Prototype) prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/fair...

New from @prototypepubs.bsky.social 'Fair' by @jencalleja.bsky.social This is a satirical, refreshing and brilliantly playful book about learning the art of translation, being a bookworker in the publishing industry, growing up, family, and class. 📖 book sample www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...

Happy publication day to @jencalleja.bsky.social, whose "audacious, polemical, essential" memoir FAIR: The Life-Art of Translation is out now. We are incredibly proud to publish Jen's work, across forms and genres, and cannot wait for people to read this book. pic: @jorgeantonystride.bsky.social

🔹Wednesday, 4 June🔹 Kate Briggs and Jen Calleja will be in conversation about the Art and Politics of Literary Translation. In partnership with @prototypepubs.bsky.social and CAPONEU @brightonuni.bsky.social. Sign up here to join in person: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

I’m about 70 pages into @jencalleja.bsky.social’s FAIR from @prototypepubs.bsky.social and I can already confirm that it (checks Gen Z lingo dictionary) SLAPS. 🎪 🎪 🎪

“audacious, polemical, essential” *Fair: The Life-Art of Translation* got a dream review in The Observer New Review today !!! Out Friday from @prototypepubs.bsky.social

We are delighted that Hasib Hourani's 'rock flight', has been shortlisted for the 2025 Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize for a First Collection. Congratulations Hasib. This is a vital collection, at a time when speaking out matters more than ever. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seam...

We're very excited about this event. Swedish author Lina Scheynius and translator Saskia Vogel will be in conversation with Rachel Andrews at WCLF on 12 July. #FreeEvent www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/... @prototypepubs.bsky.social

With a few weeks to go til we publish Lina Scheynius’s Diary of an Ending, we’re excited to share some events coming up in July, with both Lina and translator Saskia Vogel. These events are part of Stories From Sweden, supported by the Swedish Arts Council & the Swedish Embassy, UK.